Senior Occupational Therapist at Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waitemat?, Auckland.

M? t?nei t?ranga mahi About this role: Senior Occupational Therapist: Early Discharge and Rehabilitation Service (EDARS). Part-time– Permanent 0.7 FTE Health New Zealand / Te Whatu Ora – Waitemat?. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health system that serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role: Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? We are looking for an experienced occupational therapist to work in our Early Discharge and Rehabilitation Service (EDARS). EDARS focuses on providing a comprehensive and coordinated home-based rehabilitation service for people in the Waitemat? community. The service delivers individually prescribed rehabilitation to patients, based on their specific needs and goals, via either intensive early supported discharge or less intensive community-based rehabilitation to adults in Waitemat?.

About the Team/Service/Location: This part-time (0.7 FTE) role is based at the North Shore Community Allied Health offices in Takapuna. You will need to be available on Tuesdays for our weekly IDT meeting. You will be working as part of an established interdisciplinary team providing best practice rehabilitation through a patient-centered approach to adults of all ages. EDARS provides rehabilitation for adults with acute neurological conditions/surgeries, post-stroke people, people with recent amputations, and reconditioning following medical illness.

Within this role you will receive Professional and Clinical Leadership development

This will include support of your personal objectives. Education to be able to provide staff with professional development. Learning opportunities to foster service development and leading quality care. Training to provide professional supervision to staff. Networking with clinical leaders, seniors, and staff grades across the organization. Regular individual professional supervision for support and mentoring. Opportunities to be involved in teaching and training for non-Allied Health staff. Opportunities to implement and develop new patient care models and service development.

Work perks: For more information on living and working on Auckland’s North Shore click here

About you:

As a senior occupational therapist, you should have New Zealand registration as an occupational therapist with a current APC and 5+ years of relevant rehabilitation experience. Strong teaching, communication, leadership, and coaching skills to work alongside staff to support and develop their clinical reasoning and autonomy. Experience in service development and quality improvement projects. Effective leadership and people skills. Strong role model with advanced communication skills. Excellent assessment and time management skills. Experience with leadership/senior roles in the past or present. Driver’s license essential. Please click here for the position description.

Working at Health New Zealand: Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse M?ori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

To apply, please click “apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers’ portal by 13/4/2025.

If you have any questions about the role, contact Jen Hewson at EDARS Clinical or Julia Gundy at Allied Health. For recruitment-specific questions contact Nisha Karipoth.

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Team Manager: Julia.gundy@waitematadhb.govt.nz Recruitment Consultant: Nisha.Karipoth@waitematadhb.govt.nz Team Leader: Jennifer.hewson@waitematadhb.govt.nz